Sundance Institute announced today the launch of the 2008 Sundance Film Festival online store, featuring a new line of Festival-related merchandise. A wide selection of clothing and accessories is available for purchase at www.sundance.org/festival [www.sundance.org]. All proceeds stay within the non-profit Sundance Institute, helping to support the Institute’s year-round programs, such as the Directors’ Labs, Screenwriter Labs, and Film Music Composer Labs.

Update: WAR DANCE was a hot topic discussion and went on to receive the Audience Award from the Wisconsin Film Festival, and it made its limited theatrical debut on November 9, 2007. “The glories of War/Dance are torturously won, and all the more glorious for it.” – David Edelstein (New York Magazine) WAR DANCE info…

UPDATE: I WANT TO BE A PILOT is a 2006 award winning Kenyan – Mexican short film documentary directed by Diego Quemada-Diez. The film won some seven awards worldwide including at the Los Angeles Film Festival.

UPDATE: After Sundance, THE LEGACY was released in the UK in September 2007. “This grimly rewarding film reveals a nation trapped in its own historical legacy, and outsiders unable to understand let alone help.” – Anton Bitel (Channel 4 Film)